Anne De Jesus, Anne Faveur, Lydia Garnier, Claire Servant, Sabrina Le Bars, Gérard Cousin, Patrick Dagorne, France De La Rocque, Stéphane Delgrange, Corinne Guidy, Joëlle Manighetti, Raimonda Roux, Thérèse Sazy, Isabelle Scull, Catherine Terrade, Liliane Turkel, Fabienne Veret, Bernard Escudier, Camélia Billard, André Rieutord, Jane Khoury, François Blot
In oncology, the place of patients has a natural and strong legitimacy. Cancer is a common disease, with many singularities but also common features between pathologies, with issues ranging from prevention to possible palliative phases or post-cancer, and conducive to both individual and collective decision-making processes. Patient engagement is now essential at all levels of the healthcare system, from simple information to real involvement (co-construction). For 20 years, Gustave-Roussy, a comprehensive cancer centre in Villejuif, has implemented specific reflection and actions, embodied by the creation of a patients and caregivers committee and complemented by an institutional steering body that illustrates the transformation of "working for" into "working with"...
April 24, 2024: Bulletin du Cancer